climax

His appointment as premier, which will be formalized by King Charles at Buckingham Palace on Monday, marks the climax of a steep ascent for a politician who until last month wasn’t even a lawmaker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

“I think it’s reached a climax of ‘All right, we’ve got to fix this, and we got to bring in some energy, some business, some life, some culture,’” Mehrabian said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

It led to a confusing end to the race - and a disappointing one for some, because a dramatic climax was in waiting.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

The film is, then, a fairly standard underdog-makes-good story, rising to a climax in the French and Indian War in the 1750s, when Washington was in his 20s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

The climax of Madame Curie’s visit was a glittering reception at the White Elouse attended by Meloney and the cream of Washington society, including Theodore Roosevelt’s socialite daughter Alice Roosevelt Longworth.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The end of the Trojan War is one of several climaxes, yielding one of the most brilliant action scenes of the filmmaker’s celebrated career.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Famously, in one of the most extraordinary championship climaxes in F1 history, Ferrari messed up their strategy and opened the door to Vettel to win his first title.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025

He goes in for big effects, lots of percussion, huge climaxes and sweet melodies of which you can never, if so inclined, get enough.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025

Some of the best popcorn movie climaxes are built around less.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2025

As a trafficker in climaxes and thrills and characterization and wonderful dialogue and suspense and confrontations, I had outlined the Dresden story many times.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

But Marcus Tavernier's 69th minute penalty, awarded for Max Kilman's handball, sparked a Bournemouth fightback that climaxed with Enes Unal's 81st minute equaliser.

From Barron's ● Nov. 22, 2025

Universal substantially increased the budget and abandoned underground racing for an “Ocean’s 11”-style heist that climaxed with a car racing through Rio de Janeiro while dragging a bank vault.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025

From there, the score remained 3-2 until the sixth inning — when the game climaxed in two memorable sequences.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025

It climaxed with Chalamet’s sheltered scion, Paul Atreides, abducted from his family’s spice-mining compound and left to die in the scorching Arrakis desert, patrolled by fanged sandworms the size of the Empire State Building.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024

The debate over Lawrence’s future at Berkeley climaxed at an acrimonious faculty conclave pitting the hard sciences, represented by Birge and Lewis, against the humanities and social sciences departments.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Seven stakes are for 2-year-olds, climaxing with the $50,000 Gottstein Futurity at a mile and 70 yards on closing day.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024

The Nats established themselves during an eight-year stretch when they made the postseason five times, climaxing with the 2019 World Series win.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2022

The film teases a confrontation between Marcus and Joe, climaxing with a meeting recalling Michael Mann’s “Heat.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2022

"The Expanse" maintains the poetry in its scripts and plotting even as the last episodes wrap up too neatly, climaxing by solving of an impossible conundrum with a strategy that strains credibility.

From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2021

The conference unanimously voted to initiate a massive countrywide antipass campaign beginning March 31 and climaxing on June 26 with a great bonfire of passes.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela